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Old May 13, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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westjohns 86 "built" up thread

well normally i hate buying something that is already built but i made an exception since it was a friends of mine in which i helped build, it started off as an long bed sr5, 111k miles, ifs truck, 22re, all the good stuff, we threw a cheapo soild axle swap under it. cheap you mean? yes cheap. front spring hanger from an 82, and rear leaf spring hangers for the back front leaf springs, held so far, after all this he decided he wanted 5.29s and detroits, he bought 2 prebuilt units from lorange offroad, upgraded the birfs to long feilds, and did a knukle service, then added onboard air and 36 super swampers, this things absolutely rust free, currently sitting at 124k miles, everything works, picked it up for 5800, bit of a coin but rust free trucks on the coast are increasingly hard to come by, espically in this hape and low miles, future plans for it are redo the SAS with a wabfab front spring hanger and possibly redo the back, also a marlin HD clutch as the clutch is a little sot but itll do, so without further ado, my 4th toy offically.... maybe ill keep this one he also through the mile marker 12000 winch in with t, i think i didnt do too bad.
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Old May 13, 2012 | 02:00 PM
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any thoughts?
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Old May 13, 2012 | 03:03 PM
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Another rig!? what happened to the first gen.

Looks like a really good start to a trail machine.
How much did you pay for it?
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Old May 13, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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Picked it up for 5800, that's with on board air, and I sold it too my cousin, I didn't have time to love on her so I sold her and bought something I can drive already, ill post pics of my cousins work, he's done a lot with it....
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Old May 13, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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got a question guys, it doesnt have hysteer but my buddy said it was crossover steering, ive never heard of this, pics tommorow, anybody have any ideas? can u tell from the one pic i have?
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Old May 13, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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got a question guys, it doesnt have hysteer but my buddy said it was crossover steering, ive never heard of this, pics tommorow, anybody have any ideas? can u tell from the one pic i have?
Looks like a typical under spring steering link. Hysteer will mount above the springs and give the pitman arm link a flatter angle which helps with bumpsteer.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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alright sweet, another mod tp upgrade too, im thinking hysteer for sure, and also a budbuilt skid for the tranny/tcase. along with redoing the SAS and trailger front bumper and maybe a tube bumper for the front? maybe arb if i can find a cheap one.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:22 AM
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Anybody know where I can get some replacement rear leaf springs with 6" of lift in them so I can get rid of the lift blocks and shackles on my 86 pickup?
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Old May 21, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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wabfab, he has tons of lift options, also you can do a chevy 63in spring swap, those flex and give you 3-4 in of lift if im correct
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 07:00 AM
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its been awhile since ive posted, so far ive had a cracked dizzy cap and a busted brake drum, ughh but oh well cheap simple fixes, also built a front bumper which ill post pics of when i get a chance, havent had a computer so sorry guys!
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 08:18 AM
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<-- joking, nice truck, look forward to seeing what you came up with for a front bumper!
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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haha accually i got given one the other day but itll have to be fabbed to fit, ill post pics when the rain clears up, ok what i thought was a cracked brake drum turned out to be a washed out wheel bearing, my whole tire and axle shaft came out yesturday running 45 on the hiway, (yeehaw!!) managed to not hurt the truck but not sure on the houseing, might need to be heated back nito place, this truck has gievn me some problems and its beging to dawn on me too sell it.....
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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been having a ton of fun with the truck! also picked up a set of these from realtrainhorns.net there the nathan k serious, extremely loud!!!
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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still need to post a pic of my bumper, ill do that tommorow!
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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rolled 130k miles! happy bday thumper!
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 11:30 PM
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[icked up a fully trussed toyota front axle houseing today! has the toyota logoand toyota spelled out on it! 40$
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:48 AM
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my 1,000 ppost! whhooooohooooOo!
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 11:02 PM
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i never update this supposed "thread" anymore guess i have to change that, buddy i bought it off of forgot he had a painted camper top too match the truck so i picked that up today, guess im going to redo the exhuast and put the shell on there, also a roff rack with offroad lights, hilift etc etc
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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managed to ripp my stack off today, so i put my camper shell on, next will be a fuse box to run some lightss and my cb too
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Haven done anything with nothing the past month but that's avout to change, knuckle service ordered tommorow, shock hoops ordered off here, new front spring Janet on the house, new front bumper on, time to start getting busy, as soon as I get a welder payday anyways....
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